Product Type
Condition
Binding
Collectible Attributes
Free Shipping
Seller Location
Seller Rating
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 1994
ISBN 10: 0718137035ISBN 13: 9780718137038
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Elizabeth David's social history of ice starts in 17th-century Italy, and Florence in particular. She quotes from contemporary accounts to describe the intriguing snow and ice pits, and describes the huge Florentine banquets which usually ended with spectacular pyramids of ice and fruit. David tells the story of Francesco Procopio who, in 1686, established what is considered to be the world's first cafe, Le Cafe Procope, in Saint-Germain-des-Pres in Paris; she recounts the reactions of travellers in the 18th and 19th centuries first seeing the ice-trenches covered with pyramid-shaped straw roofs, and tells how India depended on its ice being shipped out from Boston. The British fishing industry was revolutionized after a Scot visiting China in 1785 saw the fishermen drawing their supplies of snow and ice from store houses situated along the coast, and transporting their catch packed in ice over long distances inland. Within a few years, salmon and other fine fish was travelling in similar fashion from Scotland to London all the year round. On the domestic front, Elizabeth David tells of the story of James Gunter, who founded the ice cream and confectionary business in the early years of the 19th century and which for so long and so famously bore his name. David ends this history of ice at the outbreak of World War II. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
Used offers from US$ 1.55
Also find Hardcover Softcover First Edition
Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1995
ISBN 10: 0670859753ISBN 13: 9780670859757
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 37.21
Used offers from US$ 7.58
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Penguin, 1996
ISBN 10: 0140176411ISBN 13: 9780140176414
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 65.52
Used offers from US$ 2.75
Also find Softcover
Published by Faber and Faber, 2011
ISBN 10: 0571275311ISBN 13: 9780571275311
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Viking Adult, New York, NY, 1995
ISBN 10: 0670859753ISBN 13: 9780670859757
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First American Edition; First Printing. Foxing to the exterior edge of pages. Smudging (minor stains) to covers. Remainder mark on the bottom exterior edge of pages. No other markings or other noteworthy defects. ; Color Illustrations and B&W Illustrations; 6.5 X 1.75 X 9.75 inches; 413 pages.
Published by Michael Joseph, 1994
ISBN 10: 0718137035ISBN 13: 9780718137038
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition/1st impression. Without inscription in not price clipped dust jacket, which is now protected by a removable transparent wrapper.
Published by New York: The Viking Press, (1995.) dj, 1995
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. "From sixteenth-century Italy and the splendor of the Medici banquets to seventeenth-century France and the Sun King, from travelers' tales of snow pits and ice houses in Persia to the sherbet trade with the Levant to the use of ice as "table jewelry," and from the influential ice trade in Boston to the growth of the ice cream business in London, this impressive book brings alive the centuries in which ice, far from being a commonplace, was a subject that inspired and challenged the human imagination." Illustrated, notes, index. xvii, 413 pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new but with a remainder line.).
Published by Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1994
ISBN 10: 0718137035ISBN 13: 9780718137038
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. Small previous owner's inscription on front free end-paper. Pp.xvii,413. 12 colour plates. Black and white illustrations in text. Described as "a meticulously researched social history" of the part played by ice in history in relation to food.
Published by Viking, 1995
Seller: Karen Wickliff - Books, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 413pp. Hardback with DJ, VG, First American Edition, index, b&w and color photos and illustrations, The social history of ice and ices,
Published by Viking/Studio Book, New York, 1995
Seller: Abstract Books, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Printing. (xvii) 413 pages, b/w illustrations, notes, index, b/w illustrations in text, color plates decorated endpapers, tall 8vo; blue paper covered boards. Near fine, remainder mark, small red line bottom edge; dust jacket near fine.
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1994
ISBN 10: 0718137035ISBN 13: 9780718137038
Seller: Carmarthenshire Rare Books, Carmarthen, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. original cloth hardcover, illustrated, 413 pages, page edges a little marked, otherwise very good in browned otherwise very good unclipped dustwrapper.
Published by Viking, New York, 1994
First Edition
Hardcover. First American Edition. 413 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Published after David's passing in 1992 - David's final book, which was in the works for many years. A full history of ice and ices including sixteenth-century Italy and the splendor of the Medici banquets, snow pits in Persia, and the influential ice trade in Boston to the growth of the ice cream business in London. Pristine copy. Covered in protective mylar. Blue cloth covered boards. Fine, in fine dust wrapper.
Published by Michael Joseph, 1994
Seller: Palabras & Cosas, Madrid, Spain
London Michael Joseph 1994 0718137035 4º 413 Cartoné con sobrecubierta Excelente estado. EL ENVIO CONTRAREEMBOLSO TIENE UN COSTE TOTAL DE EUR 7. Libro.
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1994
ISBN 10: 0718137035ISBN 13: 9780718137038
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Vg. Dust Jacket Condition: Vg. First Edition. 431pp. Plates, illustrations.
Published by Michael Joseph, 1994
ISBN 10: 0718137035ISBN 13: 9780718137038
Seller: Books Written By (PBFA Member), Northampton, NTH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. A very good 1st Edition copy in a very good protected dust jacket, which has very slight rubbing along base and top edges. Pub.Michael Joseph, 1994.6.5"x9.5" 413pp. It is Elizabeth David's last work: she was completing it when she died in 1992 and it was edited by her literary trustee, Jill Norman. Any digital image can be provided on request.
Published by Michael Joseph London 1994, 1994
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st ed. thus hardback with dust jacket Fine octavo xvii + 413pp., b/w pls., text ills., index, Uncommon hardcover edition.
Published by Michael Joseph, [1994], 1994
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
8vo., First Edition, with 12 coloured plates on 8, numerous monochrome illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers in blue and white; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The author's final work was completed by her friend and editor Jill Norman. SCARCE.
Published by Viking Press, 1995
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Near Fine tight copy with a remainder stripe to the bottom edge in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. At the time of Elizabeth David's death in 1992 she was working on this epic study of the use of ice, the ice-trade and the early days of refrigeration. This is the marvelous story of how human beings came to ingest lumps of flavoured frozen matter for pleasure. But there is much, much more - about the making and breaking of reputations, the founding of Parisian café culture, the great and rivalrous confectioners of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century London, about Russian ice-cream (surprisingly superior) and Persian sherbets . sumptuous.